Hair inclosure



Patented May 17, 1932 UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE WILBUB 8. LEWIS, 01'LAKEWOOD, OHIO, ABSIGNOR TO THE NESTLE-LE EUR COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND,OHIO, CORPORATION OF OHIO HAIR INCLOSURE a noaaoa filed November so,1930. Serial in. 490,941.

This invention relates to hair waving equipment and more particularly toinclosures for the hair during the permanent wavin process.

5 my co-pending U. S. patent applications S. N. 464,835 filed June 30,1930, and S. N. 484,302 filed September 25, 1930, I have described andclaimed an improved method of and apparatus for permanently wavinghair.

The present invention relates to an inclosing pad which is particularlyadapted to be use with the apparatus and method of the above entitled aplications.

In the a ove noted hair waving method,

a strand of hair is formed into a flat coil which is inclosed in amoisture-proof container to form a flat package. ThlS ackage is thenclamped between a pair of eating elements which give the desiredpermanent .2 wave to the coiled strand of hair. v

It is among the objects of my invention to provide an inclosing unit orad which may be quickly and easily folde around a flat coil of hair toform a substantially fluid tight ntake? Another 0 iect of my inventionis the pro-- vision of a hair inclosing pad which is adapted to carry ahair treating substance and to cause intimate contact between the halrtreating substance and the coil of hair during the heating operation.

Another object of my invention is the provision of an inclosing padwhich may be economically manufactured and quickly and easily a phed toa flat coil of hair.

The a ve and other objects of my invention will appear from thefollowing description of a preferred form thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a pad made in accordance with my inventionlooking at the inside;

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the pad with the sheets of different materialsseparated for purposes of illustration;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showin a coil of hair in theosition it occupies be ore the pad is folded t ereabout;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a package a sheet 3 of absorbent materiatextile. The absorbent sheet 3 formed by folding the air; Fig. 5 is anedge view of the package shown in Fig. 4. Pads have been made forinclosing a strand of hair wound on a rod for permanent waving. The padswith which I am familiar are generally rectangular in shape and are wellillustrated in the Lewis and Murray Patent N 0. 1,619,798. However,these ads are not suited for use in carrying out t e method describedand claimed in my above noted copending U. S. patent applications, asthey are designed for inclosing a rel atively long cylindrical coil ofhair. The pad of the present invention is ofgenerally triangular shapeas shown in Fig. 1 and is made up of an outer sheet 1 of a soft pliableheat conducting metal such as aluminum or tinfoil, a second sheet 2 ofpaper which is secured to one side of the thin metal sheet and is of thesame size and shape, and preferably is generally of the same shape asthe foil and paper sheets 1 and 2 but is somewhat smaller as is clearlyshown in the. drawings. The three sheets may be secured together inany'suitable manner such as by the stitching indicated at 4. A slot 5extends inwardly from the stitched edge of the pad on the center linethereof. This slot is adapted to slip over the strand of hair betweenthe scalp, and the coiled portion as shown in Fig. 3 and the pad maythen be folded about the coil to form a package as shown in Figs. 4 and5. 1 The exact method of .foldin the pad about the hair is not shown asa num r of different folding arrangements may be made which will producethe desired result.

By providing the slot 5 the complete inclosmg of the coil of hair isfacilitated and pad about a coil of 'a satisfactorily tight joint may beformed at 6. This tight joint 6 greatly assists in preventing moistureand steam from escaping from the package during the heating operationand striking the patrons scalp.

' In use, the absorbent sheet 3 of the pad is either dipped into a hairtreating solution before the pad is applied to the coil of hair 100 or,if the pad is impregnated with a soluble hair treating substance, it ismerely dipped in water in well known manner.

Although I have described the illustrated 5 embodiment of my inventionin some detail, it will be seen by those skilled in the art thatmodifications and variations thereof may be made without departing fromthe spirit tl1ereof, and I do not, therefore, limit myself to the mspecific form herein shown and "described, but claim as my invention,all embodiments thereof, coming within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

w 1. A hair inclosing pad comprising a plurality of sheets of materialincluding an outer sheet of thin pliable metal and an inner sheet ofabsorbent material, said sheets being generally triangular in shape andsecured togo gether at a common edge and having a slot extending intothe body of the sheet from said common edge.

2. A hair inclosing pad comprising a plurality ofsheets of materialincluding an out- 25 er sheet of thin pliable metal and an inner sheetof absorbent material, said sheets being generally triangular in shapeand secured together at a common edge and having a slot of substantiallythe width of the strand w of hair to be inclosed extending into the bodyof the sheet from said common edge.

3. An inclosure of the type described comprising a sheet of moistureproof material, a sheet of absorbent material securedat one 35 edge toan edge of said first named sheet, said sheets having coinciding slotsextending inwardly from said joined edges.

4. A hair inclosing pad comprising a sheet of metal foil and a sheet ofabsorbent mate- 4 rial secured to said foil sheet to form a pad,

said sheets having portions cut out and adapted to coincide to form aslot extending inwardly from one edge of the pad.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my 45 signature this 18th day ofNovember, 1930.

' WILBU'R S. LEWIS.

